Haha! I don't know why, but that comic strip, the first of Lego robot comics, just popped into my head while reading the imgur comments. And sure enough, someone elses brain also made that association :D

Good thing about the crusty bits is that they'll probably just pop off with the edge of a fork. Whatever's left is really on there and probably isn't going to contaminate your food. Even if it does, it's been cooked so many times that it's gotta be safe.

Right? I never knew there existed so many people that apparently need to have a crisis if someone ELSE let's THEIR cookie sit on the wood or let's THEIR cat touch THEIR cookie. Oh internet people, I truly am sorry your life is so sad.

This is so awkward, my first thought was, this was an extremely cute picture. Though it was /r/aww, but then I saw it wasn't. And then read the comments and was like, wtf?! People of /r/food are germ nazis obviously.

To repeat the thoughts of the few normal people here - a little bit of dirt won't kill anyone, and it's also inevitable anyways. Or else, stop touching cats and wood for the rest of your life.

Nobody is terrified, some people are disgusted. Personally I have two cats and don't want either touching my food. Those paws pick up litter, feces, step on urine, are in those cats' mouths a lot, and are on the floor the rest of the time. Secondly, I don't want my cats trying to grab food off my plate. It's a cute picture, but people are allowed to call it disgusting if the owner ate the cookie because it really is.

Seriously, I'll make some soup, go to the park, dump it on the wooden table and just slurp it off with my mouth like it was milk. I have a great immune system. Sometimes I'll lick the floor under a bathroom urinal for money or whatever.

However, later research has found that cat ownership does not strongly increase the risk of T.gondii infection, and in fact eating unwashed vegetables and undercooked meat is a stronger risk factor.

It's hard to track the risk rates because there's too many factors. Yeah a lot of people are hosts and show no symptoms but it seems to be one of those things that a lot of people freak out about without knowing what actually puts them at the highest risk for it (not cats) and then just lazily propagate this misinformation around social media sites.

Hey, /u/KilloVet , it looks like you have cinnamon floating in your coffee that didn't mix well with the liquid. To avoid that, try putting half the amount of coffee grounds in your machine, then dusting the cinnamon on top of that, then adding the rest of the coffee grounds. It will flavor the coffee, but not make it full of little, dry, cinnamon chunks.

You know I spent a good many years looking for the original hardcover edition of that book with that same cover. Found it at a used book store in Chattanooga Tennessee on a pass-through. Was so proud. Took it home, left it on the coffee table for the world to see and my dog chewed up the book cover (completely) and ate bottom-right corner.

This is a staged photo..gotta ask yourself how would someone have everything perfectly sitting for photo quality and have a camera ready? Probably enticed the kitty below the porch by running toys around and getting him to paw at them... then get the perfect coffee and large cookie in frame. No, I wasn't always this cynical, but reddit did it.